The 2760p isn't one of those regular laptops so maybe it makes this worth publishing. I agree with you that this probably isn't something that most people find interesting, especially when OEMs like HP update their machines very often. Reply

2760p, 5330p, and the updated Envy 14 are all products that might be worth knowing about. The Envy 14 in particular had a lot of people that really liked it (and the upgrade LCD), so if the new SNB version offers a good LCD I'm sure it will be popular.Reply

1920 x 1080 is bad on a desktop, so I'd wager that 1600x900 is badon a laptop as well.

Give me 16:10 or 4:3. Or set your sights higher and figure out how to make displays that do get a paper like ratio (portrait mode). Please inventors there are patents to be issued for this. The idea is free, you make it happen!Reply

How is 1080p bad on a desktop? Respectfully, I have 1920x1200 screens and a 1080p screen right next door, and I honestly don't feel like I've lost a tremendous amount of real estate with the 1080p. Actually, in editing video I almost prefer the 1080p screen.

Over time you'll notice that while bigger screens have lost some real estate, smaller ones have actually GAINED a bunch with most of them standardizing at 1080p from 19" on up, screen sizes where we usually had to deal with 1680x1050 or worse.Reply

I wouldn't go that far, but it would be a deal-breaker for me. I really want a high-quality Sandy Bridge laptop in the size and price range of the Envy14, but the fact that they don't even offer a screen upgrade as an option really puts me off purchasing one.Reply

It's "news" for a reason; thanks for your feedback, and we do try to avoid posting every single PR product announcement, but HP is a pretty major company and there's enough of potential interest to warrant a brief writeup of what's coming in the next month or so.Reply

Thank you for the model update. When I finally settle on my next laptop, I won't care about these updates til the next upgrade, but I won't make comments acting like I'm the only reader that matters either. So keep it up.Reply

... because we're actually interested in buying for work. I mean, I'm less interested today in how much the new video card is overclocking than I was 10 years ago... :-).

And yes, the worst part of HP notebooks is the 1366x768 screens. Not just in resolution, but the viewing angles are poor and the BV ones are also having a sort of dotty noise on them (present, but less annoying on the matte screens).

Oh, yes, and the Sandy Bridge ones are nowhere to be seen in my country; likewise the dm1z. :-)Reply

And you know what is really sad? Here in Hungary, you can't even order a notebook with extras. You can buy what the dealer has ordered, for normal price, or you might try at the brand dealer, but that's going for nonsensical prices! So mainly you are stuck with a crappy 768 display... Boy, would I love to have a Sandy Bridge with a >=1440x900 display in a 14" (or maybe 13.3") chassis...Reply

Besides the screens with crappy resolutions I really hate those keyboards with numeric keypads. It's ok on a 17" but not so on a 15" machine. That's the major reason why I told my boss I do NOT want something to replace my ageing 6730b. I'd rather have a Dell but we're a HP reseller...Reply

I agree with your point too. Even at work, with an ordinary full size keyboard I don't use it very frequently... And thus I don't want to lug it around! Use that space for extra speakers, battery, video card, cooling, or entirely throw it away, and make the chassis smaller!

Even at 15" it's not easy to get a decent resolution. All too often you need a higher positioned model; faster CPU, discrete graphics, bigger disk, ... while you only want a nice screen. I'm leaning more and more to Dell where it's a lot easier customizing machines.Reply